After months of rumors, announcements and cancellations, a new Blu-ray edition of Ridley Scott's Gladiator has at last been actually released in the Netherlands. Eager enthusiasts have compared the picture quality of this new release with that released last year and confirmed that the image is now noticeably superior. The Digital Bits has received confirmation that this remastered disc will also be available in the US, and that Paramount Home Entertainment will implement a "limited exchange program."
The studio admits that the first edition had edge enhancement and digital video noise reduction, but it does not acknowledge that the product was defective.
Rather, it posits that some consumers "may have preferential issues with some of the technical DVNR (digital video noise reduction) and EE (edge enhancement) choices made in the original source transfer, and so would prefer to exchange it for one that addresses those preferences in a different manner. While the version that we originally distributed was of the highest quality, some enthusiasts may prefer to view it without the Edge Enhancement and DVNR implemented as standard process in bringing the film to hi-def. This new master resolves those issues."
Those interested in receiving a replacement disc should contact Paramount Home Entertainment's service hotline number 323-956-3010 for instructions.
For those in North America who don't yet own the disc, a running production change has been initiated, so future copies shipped to retailers will include the new transfer. In other countries around the world, the new disc is being gradually rolled out in each region by Universal: contact your local distributor for details.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4901
Gladiator Remastered Blu-ray and Exchange Program
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John Johnson
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Gladiator Remastered Blu-ray and Exchange Program
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Excellent.
I really wish studios would lay off the EE and DNR. Just stop.
See that Predator double dip and compare it to the original BD for an easy and recent example in addition to this.
If people want to screw with the picture on whatever hardware they buy, that's fine. But the studios really need to stop this tampering.
I really wish studios would lay off the EE and DNR. Just stop.
See that Predator double dip and compare it to the original BD for an easy and recent example in addition to this.
If people want to screw with the picture on whatever hardware they buy, that's fine. But the studios really need to stop this tampering.